Teaching Points For VDS Spring 2013 Labs



Tips & Hints
show them how to use UT Webspacehttps://webspace.utexas.edu/xythoswfs/.
Timestamp for Microsoft Word documents: ALT + i together, release and hit T
Date Stamp for Excel: CTRL + ;
Time Stamp for Excel: CTRL + SHFT + :


Beta-lactamase docking (a.k.a. VS4)

Lab Handout:

Target Discovery

Lab Handout:
ProtocolTargetDiscoveryVDS_Spring13.docx





VS3 lab

Lab Handout:
LabVirtualScreen3_Phosphatase_VDS_Spring13.docx


Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_VS3.docx



Protein Characterization Lab

Lab Handout:
LabProteinCharacterizationVDS_Spring13.doc
SDS-PAGE mini_PROTEAN setup.pdf

Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_CharacterizationLab.docx


Virtual Screening 2

Lab Handout:
LabVirtualScreen2VDS_Spring13.doc


Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_VS2lab.docx




Protein Purification Lab

NOTE: each pair will pick just one (1) pellet to purify. The other one should just be kept frozen as backup.
- each person should still make their own samples 1,2,3,4,5,6 for the Gel Though

Also, if they use Cyanase - they only need 1 ul of it since the stock concentration is greater than that of benzonase.

Lab Handout:
LabProteinPurificationVDS_Spring13.docx

Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_PurificationLab.docx


Virtual Screening 1

Lab Handout:
LabVirtualScreen1VDS_Spring13.docx
16dhfr-ligsX.sdf
BasicLinux.pdf
The other files for docking are on the DDFE in /home/chem204/LabVirtualScreening1files

Teaching Points: (password protected)
TeachingPointsMentors_VS1lab.docx







Protein Expression

Lab Handout:
LabProteinExpressionVDS_Spring13.docx
Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_ExpressionLab.docx


PyMol 3

Lab Handout:
LabPyMol3_VDS_Spring13.doc
DHFR-hs.pdb
dhfr-lc.pdb

Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_PyMol3_Sp13.docx








Buffer Titration

Lab Handout:
LabBufferTitrationVDS_Spring13.doc

Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_BufferTitration.docx

H-H Exercise Answers: (password protected)
CLASS HANDOUT SOLUTIONS:
VDS_6thClassJTB_Spring12Henderson-HasselbalchExercisesForSTAFF.docx

LAB HANDOUT SOLUTION - this is VERSION 2 - so, I know its right.....?
H-HeqnAnswerforBufferTitrationLabHandoutPsswd.docx












PyMol 2

Lab Handout:
LabPyMol2_VDS_Spring12.doc

Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_PyMol2.docx

COMMON COMMENTS - PyMol2


Beer's Law

Lab Handout:
LabBeer'sLawVDS_Spring13.doc

Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_BeersLaw.docx

ExampleBeersLawScreeShot020613.JPG

COMMON COMMENTS - Beer's Law
Correct images
show calculations
which spec did you use?
enough procedures but not onerous detail that is redundant to lab 1
analysis-error
conclusion-recap
future directions
GRAPHS: 1. max wavelength 2. all readings 3. table with data 4.graph with linear regression
hypothesis: does it hold for all concentrations?

Should mention creating linear best fit line in Excel (don't need to talk about other aspects of Excel since they have already used it)













LAST WEEK:

Lit Search & Endnote Web

BibliographyEndNoteExerciseVDS_Spring13.doc
LiteratureAssignment_VDSSpring2013.docx
LITERATURE_EndNote_LitAnswersCOMBINEDforMentors_OLD2012version.docx
this last one is password protected with Mentor password

Buffers & Solutions Lab:

Lab Handout:
LabBuffersandSolutionsVDS_Spring13.docx

NOTE: the LB amount is WRONG on the handout - they should only make 100ml of LB.


Teaching Points:
TeachingPointsMentors_BuffersAndSolutions.docx

When they work in pairs - have them start out on the 'expensive' stuff first. That way if they have to finish the lab another day and end up both doing the materials separately - we won't have made too much stuff.


'Expensive' stuff:

0.100 L LB broth (autoclaved)
200 ml 0.1M Tris base or Trizma base pH 7.5 using conc. HCl (hydrochloric acid)
1 ml 50 mg/ml Amp (filter sterilized)

50 ml 1 M Imidazole (filter-sterilized)

50 ml 10x PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline, filter-sterilized)


'Cheap' stuff:

50 ml 5 N NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide)
100 ml 5x Tris-Glycine-SDS buffer
10 ml of 30% EtOH (ethanol) in autoclaved water




































Enzyme Assay Lab

Lab Handout:

Teaching Points:

They can use multiple cuvettes to do their readings faster (i.e. have 9 or 10 of the same cuvettes instead of washing one multiple times)

Make them save their spectrophotometer file – NameEnzymeAssayDATE
Make them save their spectrophotometer file – NameEnzymeAssayDATE
Make them save their spectrophotometer file – NameEnzymeAssayDATE

MAKE sure they clean up afterwards before you sign them out.


















Buffer Titration

Lab Handout:

Teaching Points:

Henderson-Hasselbalch exercise answer sheet (password protected).VDS_6thClassJTB_Spring12Henderson-HasselbalchExercisesForSTAFF.docx

Tips & Hints
they need to have all 3 titrations on the same graph in the end - to do so, they will need to creat 3 calculated volume columns and give them each a different name (e.g. CV1, CV2, and CV3).

PyMol2

Lab Handout:

Teaching Points:
DHFR-hs.pdb
Helix.pdb


Tips & Hints
show them how to use UT Webspacehttps://webspace.utexas.edu/xythoswfs/. to save their Image (.png) and Session (.pse) files. The first time they use it the have to 'sign up' on the Sign Up page.
Also there is an 'Advanced Upload' button that lets them have a drag and drop folder instead of uploading each file individually. (Much faster).

Beer's Law

Lab Handout:

Teaching Points:


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Tips & Hints
warm up specs for about 10 minutes before use
Henry spec reads very high on the Absorbance values - need to make sure they don't record their data if it is saturating the dector (>1.5 or 2 on the absorbance units)

Students should empty their cuvettes between EACH reading (i.e. for n=3 replicates, they shoudl empty the cuvette 3 times).
This takes longer but reinforces that just hitting the COLLECT button 3 times on the exact same sample does not constitute a true replicate.
To speed things up - they can get 3 cuvettes at a time and fill with a given dilution (Dil1, Dil2, Dil3, etc.)
-- then measure 3 in a row quickly.

They don't have to measure Dilution 1 - IF they know it is going to be above 1.5 Absorbance units.